The Yes Men - 6/10
Great idea, just not edited well. Lots of inane stuff that should have been cut. Scheduling, etc., few other redundant thing. When you have a documentary that's 82 minutes long, you should be a little more like Hitchcock - economic.
As for the stunts - why not stop at the 50-yard line when you have the chance (especially considering the cancellation)? Instead of chickening-out with "If I lived in those countries, I might feel different" and changing character suddenly.
"We have studies that show you never suffer from guilty feelings after making a certain amount of money"
"How much?"
"Anything over the median income. Nobody wants to be in the bottom half, now do we? Aren't you all here in school so you can also exploit 3rd world countries so you could have phones? Or are you all going to be Che Guevera's? Yes, I'm talking to you, Miss India".
And when the students objected to "used" hamburgers, why not use that opportunity to say:
"You know those McDonalds trademark hamburgers you just ate? Well, it was a #2"
<a few students barf>
"You want to save the world, and save the environment, but you won't puke for it? Would you like a job application to work at the WTO?"
I really think they'd get a LOT more attention, which was the whole point. I'd like to see them try that now. "Their" side loves free-trade now. I wonder why...
WARNING: "FUNNY SPOILER" spoilers below
I had a great laugh when (while playing it straight) the guy said, "The Civil War was the LEAST profitable war" - that's how you do it.
I had a great laugh when (while playing it straight) the guy said, "The Civil War was the LEAST profitable war" - that's how you do it.